VEGETATION

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The act or process of vegetating, or growing as a plant does; vegetable growth.

2.
n.

The sum of vegetable life; vegetables or plants in general; as, luxuriant vegetation.

3.
n.

An exuberant morbid outgrowth upon any part, especially upon the valves of the heart. Vegetation of salts (Old Chem.), a crystalline growth of an arborescent form.


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